Our markets

During 2010, Rank operated branded gaming-based entertainment businesses aimed at customers in three jurisdictions – Great Britain, Spain and Belgium.

Great Britain is by far the largest of Rank’s markets, representing approximately 90% of Group revenue and offers the opportunity for Rank to operate its strategic model of integrated online-offline gaming. Whilst the online opportunity in Spain and Belgium remains largely untapped at present, nascent regulation appears set to change this within the next 12 months.

The Group chooses to operate in these markets due to their size, growth potential, regulatory stability, geographical proximity and their cultural acceptance of gaming as a form of entertainment.

Rank Group revenue by territory 2010 (%)

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Number of bingo clubs operating in Great Britain
(to February 2011)

1. Source: Gambling Commission/ Bingo Association

Bingo club operators in Great Britain^*

Operator	February 2011
Gala Bingo	144
Mecca Bingo	103
Top Ten Bingo	22
Carlton Clubs	14
Buckingham Bingo	8
Others	194
Total	485

1. Source: Gambling Commission/Bingo Association.
2. *During 2010, the Gambling Commission revised its classifications to differentiate between full-time commercial bingo clubs and bingo played in holiday parks and working men’s clubs. The figure also excludes venues where more than one licensed bingo club is in operation as well as amusement arcades that have obtained bingo club licences in order to offer a greater number of B3 jackpot machines.

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